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- Foreword
- Biography of the Author
- Part 1: A Correct Approach to the Exegesis of the Qur’an
- Part 2: An Awareness of the Rules of Arabic Grammar
- Part 3: An Awareness of the Meaning of the Words in the Qur`an
- Part 4: Exegesis of the Qur`an through the Qur`an
- Part 5: Examining the Occasion of Revelation of the Verses
- Part 6: Examining the Authentic Ahadith
- Part 7: A Consideration of the Harmony between all the Verses of the Qur’an
- Part 8: Examining the Context of the Verses of the Qur`an
- Part 9: Awareness of the Various Viewpoints and Opinions
- Part 10: Distancing Oneself from any Form of Prejudgment
- Part 11: Awareness of the Philosophical and Scientific Theories
- Part 12: Understanding of the Early History of Islam
- Part 13: Familiarity with the Stories and the History of the Lives of Previous Prophets
- Part 14: Knowledge of the Historical Environment in which the Qur`an was Revealed
- Part 15: Knowing the Verses of the Qur`an which are “Makki” and “Madani”
- Part 16: Question On the Phrase “Clear Arabic”
- Closure
- Published Works from the IEB of the World Federation
Introduction to the Science of Tafsir of the Quran
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Author(s): Ayatullah Jafar Subhani
Publisher(s): The Islamic Education Board of the World Federation of KSIMC
Category: Qur’anic Sciences
Topic Tags: Rules Quran Tafsir Interpretation
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A discussion of the rules governing the interpretation of the Holy Quran.
Foreword
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
The most tangible of miracles left by the Prophet Muhammad (‘s) is the Qur`an. Al-Qur`an is the Divine revelation, which descended upon the Prophet’s blessed soul in a span of twenty-two years and few months.
Muslims consider the Qur`an as the most important document for their faith. They have given extreme importance to preserve, recite, memorize, and study the Qur`an.
Gradually, different subjects emerged with the purpose of facilitating the process of studying the Qur`an: Ilmul Tajwid was devised to learn the proper recitation of the Qur`an; Hifz was invented as an art of committing the Qur`an to memory; and ’Ilmul Tafsir emerged as the science of exegesis of the Qur`an. Among these relevant subjects, ’Ulumul Qur`an flowered as a science dealing with the Qur`an itself: the revelation and its reality; how, when and where it was revealed; how it transformed from an oral tradition to the written form; the issue of abrogation, its meaning and reality; its textual integrity and its protection from alteration; how was it complied, by whom and when. These are questions that are discussed in ’Ulumul Qur`an; and as such, it is the foundation of sciences dealing with the Qur`an.
This brief treatise deals with
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